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Connected Policy V7 Print 11.08

Disconnected policymaking is a challenge as governments, issues, public servants, citizens, and ideas remain disconnected from each other. To solve society's hardest problems will require more connected policymaking that breaks down these disconnections. This can be achieved by broadening the talent pool involved in policymaking, protecting innovative talent within government, communicating the benefits of risk-taking, using funding to incentivize collaboration between departments and organizations, and harnessing technology to more easily share knowledge and ideas across borders.

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Connected Policy V7 Print 11.08

Disconnected policymaking is a challenge as governments, issues, public servants, citizens, and ideas remain disconnected from each other. To solve society's hardest problems will require more connected policymaking that breaks down these disconnections. This can be achieved by broadening the talent pool involved in policymaking, protecting innovative talent within government, communicating the benefits of risk-taking, using funding to incentivize collaboration between departments and organizations, and harnessing technology to more easily share knowledge and ideas across borders.

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Why connected policy is essential to solve societys

hardest challenges - and how to make it happen.

THE DISCONNECTIONS OF POLICY

DISCONNECTED DISCONNECTED DISCONNECTED DISCONNECTED DISCONNECTED


GOVERNMENTS ISSUES PUBLIC SERVANTS CITIZENS IDEAS

There is a truism in What climate change policy There are few incentives There is some progress in According to the World
politics and government can endure without a job- and many disincentives citizen engagement, with Banks own data, one third
that all policy is local and creation strategy? What to collaborate across an increasing number of of its reports are never
context-dependent this sensible criminal justice departments, share work, or platforms enabling new types read, even once. Tens of
is no longer the case (if reform does not consider take risks. Rewards for of citizen engagement - from millions of dollars are spent
it ever was). Challenges education? Yet even within success are low and the participatory budgeting to on policy research that does
are becoming more countries, departments penalties for failure are high. apps that people use to report not reach policymakers;
global; new technologies and their employees often potholes. But there is more that is not accessible
underpin solutions; and remain as foreign to each work to do. people in government, like
people continue to move other as do nations. everyone else, are short of


to cities which are more time ; or that is insufficient
Government without citizen engagement is like a


similar to each other public servants need to talk
restaurant without a menu.
than countries. to those with
Tiago Peixoto, governance specialist, World Bank. implementation
experience .

TESTED WAYS TO MORE


CONNECTED POLICY

1 2 3
Broaden the government Communicate the
Protect talent
talent pool upside of risk

Many of the most effective public Denmarks innovative MindLab sends Swedens innovation agency, Vinnova,
servants Apolitical has met have spent forward-thinking public servants out acknowledges up front it will encounter failures
time in the private sector or civil society. into the wilderness of its ministries to on its bold, early-stage investments - making it
disrupt old thinking. easier to share and learn from these failures.

4 5
Use money to drive Harness the best of tech
collaboration to share and learn

Baltimores health department has had significant Apolitical is an online platform that connects public
success with global budgeting, where hospitals are servants at all levels of government to people
given an annual budget and told to spend it how they tackling the same problems elsewhere.
wish incentivizing efficiency. Its mission is to bring together ideas, people and
evidence to encourage action.

Robyn Scott Lisa Witter


[email protected] [email protected]
@RobynScott @lisamwitter

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